Loom-temple



(ModeL) W. H. NOBLE.

LOOM TEMPLE. No. 257,057. Patented Apr.25, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM H. NOBLE, 'OI PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOM-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,057, dated April25, 1882.

Application filed December 1 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. NoELE, ofPittsfield, in the county of Berkshire, and in the State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loom-Temples; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specification.

This invention relates to temples which are designed for keeping thecloth tight and under elastic tension during the operation of weaving;and it consists in aloom-temple in which a lever, to which thecloth-claw is attached by means of a chain, is connected by means of arod to a sliding head applied on a rod fixed between two'ears ofthetemplc-plate and acted on bya spring the tension of which can beadjusted, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, Figure is a top view of one of my improvedtemples, showing its claw grasping the edge of a piece of cloth. Fig. 2is a front elevation of the temple.

The letter A designates a plate or bracket, which is adapted for beingsecured to the breastbeam B of a loom, so that a bearing-extension, a,will lie on the top of this beam and afford a support for the lever G,which has its fulcrum at b.

To one or the other of several holes, 0, through the forward arm oflever O, a chain, D, is hooked, to which chain a claw, E, is attached,preferably made of leather, having pointed hooks fixed into its edge forgrabbing (ModeL) the cloth F. The rear end of the lever (J is connectedby a rod, G, to a head, H, which is free to slide on a rod, 1, which isrigidly sccured to two cars, d (1, formed on the plate A. Between thesliding head H and an adjustable back-stop, J, a spring, S, is coiledaround the rod I, which acts by expansion to draw the cloth tight. Thisspring, it will be seen, acts on the cloth through the medium of theclaw, its chain, the lever, and the rod and sliding head abovedescribed.

The back-stop J is provided with a binding set-screw, g, by looseningwhich the spring S can be compressed to any desired degree, and bysetting the said screw tightly against the rod I the spring will be soheld.

It will be seen that the tension of the spring can be adjusted as may bedesired for different fabrics and to compensate for any weakening of thespring.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination, with the plate A, therod 1, rigidwith this plate, the spring, the sliding head H, and theadjustable back-stop J, provided with a set-screw, g, of the rod G, thelever 0, and the claw E, connected by a chain to said lever,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 14th day of November, 1881.

WILLIAM H. NOBLE.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. POWERS, ROBERT N EUBER.

